On 5/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Meehan</b> <<a href="mailto:emt244671@gmail.com">emt244671@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
(Sorry if this is a repost, but it never made it back to me from the<br>mailing list, so... )<br><br>Hello folks, I'd like to ask for some help getting my X resolution<br>correct for mythTV. X is currently locked at 640x480. I'm handy at the
<br>*nix command line, but X Windows is not really my forte, so any help<br>you could offer would be appreciated.<br><br>Here's my setup:<br>Motherboard: K8NGM2-FID. It has VGA, DVI and RGB component video (TV-out)<br>onboard, using PCI-Express and an Nvidia GeForce 6150 chipset
<br>(<a href="http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8NGM2-FID&class=mb">http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8NGM2-FID&class=mb</a>)<br>PVR-500 x2<br>Sony KE-42TS2 Television. Connected via DVI-D.
<br>Fedora Core 5 with NvidiaGraphics8756, all updates from atrpms<br><br>Here's my (mostly default) xorg.conf. The Monitor section that's<br>commented out is what worked with my old MythTV box (got it from<br>Jarod's guide). According to the user manual for the TV, the native
<br>resolution is 1024x1024 with rectangular pixels. It does 1080i from my<br>cable box over DVI quiet nicely.<br>================================================================<br>Section "Monitor"<br><br> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
<br> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:<br> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:<br> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:<br> Identifier "Monitor0"
<br> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br> ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x800"<br> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:<br> HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0<br> VertRefresh
60.0 - 60.0<br> Option "dpms"<br>EndSection<br><br>#Section "Monitor"<br># Identifier "MonitorHD"<br># VendorName "Sony"<br># ModelName "42in HDTV via RCA DT300"
<br># HorizSync 33.8 - 33.8<br># VertRefresh 59.9 - 59.9<br># ModeLine "888x508in540p" 37.3 888 944 1048 1104 508 534<br>548 563 +hsync +vsync<br>#EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"
<br> Identifier "Videocard0"<br> Driver "nv"<br> VendorName "Videocard vendor"<br> BoardName "nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge"<br>EndSection
<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Screen0"<br> Device "Videocard0"<br> Monitor "Monitor0"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"
<br> Viewport 0 0<br> Depth 16<br> Modes "800x600" #"640x480"<br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Viewport 0 0
<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" #"640x480"<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br>================================================================
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>Unfortunately I was in the same boat as you and I had to resort to hooking up my TV to a Windows computer and run PowerStrip over a DVI connection to the TV. I you have a windows computer to do this it is fairly simple and only takes about 15 minutes. I checked the Modeline Database and nothing comes close to your TV
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database</a><br></div>So you have to either use Powerstrip or you can check out your X11 logs and post them here. I don't know what flavor of linux you are running but mine are at
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">/var/log/Xorg.0.log<br></div>Sorry I wasn't more helpful but if you need more help from either route post away and we can go from there.<br><br>Allan<br>